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June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday, celebrating freedom and the end of slavery in the United ...
Ottumwa's Juneteenth celebration, organized by local leaders and volunteers, aims to educate the community about the ...
But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...
Juneteenth celebrations were held around the Capitol City on Thursday including a fireside chat with journalist, author and political commentator Roland Martin.
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The fourth annual Juneteenth Block Party is happening at the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell until 9 p.m., celebrating the freedom of enslaved people in the country.
Manhattan Beach held a Juneteenth ceremony on Thursday, June 19, at Bruce’s Beach Park, honoring the day the last enslaved African American people learned they’d been freed by the Emancipation ...
Corey Powell, co-chair of the Lubbock Juneteenth committee, says the freedoms fought and died for many years ago should never ...
President Donald Trump took to social media Thursday on Juneteenth, a federal holiday, to criticize the number of ...
Danny McQuarters was met with applause and cheers when he took the microphone in the west shelter at Island Park in Mt.
The African American Historical and Genealogical Society of Colorado Springs hosted the Juneteenth celebration outside the Westside Community Center in Old Colorado City on Thursday afternoon.
The 41st Juneteenth celebration in Port Arthur concluded tonight, drawing hundreds of attendees to commemorate a pivotal ...